Social activism turned artful in Madrid.
In the past 30 years, over half of the public water fountains in Madrid have been taken down, broken or not safe to drink. To bring attention to the issue, an anonymous art group transformed a number of non-functional fountains into this:
The latest in “green” technology that has hit the automobile industry has had an unpredicted negative side effect: you cannot hear those vehicles anymore. If you are walking and texting at a crosswalk, only relying on your hearing for traffic, you are risking your life. You wouldn’t even be able to hear anything approaching from behind!
Domino’s has taken this challenge to capitalize on it with a “branding marketing idea.” Instead of having a scooter run silently, they have put speakers on it to announce that specific words both as a warning to pedestrians as well as suggestive marketing.
This is from their YouTube video (below) description:
“To improve road safety Domino’s Pizza the Netherlands introduces a human engine sound on their silent electrical scooters.”
One of the best ways to maximize your time during the day is by setting aside specific times to check your email and social media. Face it, it’s easy to get lost on the web. Before you know it, you’ve spent the last half hour trolling from your Twitter feed, to Facebook, to a blog post, to the Apple App Store.
It just happens.
Combine that with some check-in syndrome and you’re day is gone and nothing’s been done.
When you do take the time in your day to check your social media and email, what do you do when there’s a link, webpage or blog post you would like to read?
You read it or watch it immediately. Unfortunately, this is a great way to wreck efficiency and time management.
Save it for later!
At the end of your day, when you’re at home or waiting in line at the supermarket, take the time view all those things you’ve captured during the day or past week.
Here’s a great app to get you started:
As a web designer in the UK, the new EU Cookie Law is something I’m (sadly) having to deal with!
[Editor's Note: If it can happen in the UK, it can happen in the United States.]
I’ve been looking at a number of compliance methods and I’ve found one, that I think is the best out there.
I despise Go Daddy.
Whenever I have the chance, I advise friends, family and clients to steer clear.
There are several reasons why (SOPA/PIPA flip-flop included), but the one reason that fuels my outspoken demeanor are the breasts.
If the Super Bowl ads weren’t bad enough, every other promotional email piece and each and every Go Daddy website visit flashes your eyes with airbrushed blondes and brunettes.
It’s cheap. It’s gross. It’s demeaning to women and insulting to men.
But now there’s a new sheriff in town, and that’s all about to change!
Forget about retina displays and multi touch surfaces, how would you like to operate your smartphone by simply touch certain parts of your body, like the picture above?
Simply tap your wrist to pause or switch tracks?
Crazy, right?
Not at all!
Disney is researching a way to extend touch technology — watch:
This month, I have been putting some extra time into my personal blog’s Facebook page and we just recently got to 100 Likes, a big deal for us.
When we hit that 100 Like mark, Facebook did something amazing, they gave us $50 in free advertisement to promote our Facebook page. I am one to never turn down something free, so I went to work on it and have been pleasantly surprised on the results.
Colors communicate meaning.
This should not be underestimated when you’re designing a website, logo or anything else.
Blue, generally receives a cool, calm, trustworthy, knowledgeable response. The color red, in contrast, is exciting, eye catching, fast acting and powerful.
Take a look at this color spectrum of logos:
What if Pinterest was real?
What if instead of “pinning” it was actually “stealing?”
Here’s a funny, and a little dark, video at what’s called, Pinsanity:
This incredible photo of a ‘globular cluster’ (love that term!) called ‘Messier 55′ which is in the constellation of Sagittarius. It was taken by the ESO’s (European Southern Observatory) VISTA (Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy) infrared survey telescope.
The cluster is made up of tens of thousands of stars exceedingly close together, like a swarm of bees. About 160 globular clusters have been found in our galaxy, the Milky Way, mostly toward the centre.
That looks like a lot of stars huh? But what really blew my mind was the video below (also from ESO) showing just how SMALL it is in the milky way!
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